The Board has ordered a remand to obtain an opinion on whether the Veteran's left leg arterial disease was aggravated by his service-connected lipoma excision.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is insufficient to resolve the claim for service connection due to inadequate consideration of aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- blocked artery of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1732036
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's left leg blocked artery was not incurred or aggravated in service and is not proximately due to, the result of, or chronically aggravated by a service-connected disability. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar spine arthritis is aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD is granted as service connected due to his fear of hostile military activity during his Vietnam service.
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